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Privacy Policy

It is The Points Party LLC’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. This Privacy Policy applies to our website and service (hereinafter, "us", "we", “The Points Party LLC”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the website. We have adopted this privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") to explain what information may be collected on our website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties.

This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms and conditions, Cookies and Advertisement disclosure posted on our website, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our website. Depending on your activities when visiting our website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.

We undertake to preserve the confidentiality of all information you provide to us and the fact that such information is protected under relevant Data protection Policies/Acts. We have drafted this policy to comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Privacy policy and other applicable data protection policies. You may be required to accept additional terms depending on your location or country of residence.

The California Civil Code 1798.115(c), 1798.130(a)(5)(c), 1798.130(c), and 1798.140 indicate that organizations should disclose whether certain categories of information are “sold” or transferred for an organization’s “business purpose” as those terms are defined under California law.

Data management

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you. We have collated these into groups as follows:

  1. Your identity includes information such as first name, last name, title, proof of identity, and other identifiers that you may have provided at some time.
  2. Your contact information includes information such as billing address, shipping address, email address, telephone numbers and any other information you have given to us for the purpose of communication or meeting.
  3. Financial data includes information such as national identifier, credit history, income, loan amounts, and account balances related to requesting financial products and services. It will also include debit or credit card details in order to make payment as a subscriber of our service.
  4. Technical data includes your internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, the time spent on the website pages, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
  5. Your profile includes information such as your username and password, pictures, your interests, preferences, and feedback and survey responses.
  6. Marketing data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us; communication preferences; responses and actions in relation to your use of our services.

Information we process because we have a contractual obligation with you

When you create an account on our website or use our services, or otherwise agree to our terms and conditions, a contract is formed between you and us.

In order to carry out our obligations under that contract, we must process the information you give us. Some of this information may be personal information. We may use it in order to:

  • Verify your identity for security purposes
  • Provide you with our services
  • Manage your account
  • Manage your request
  • Provide you with suggestions and advice on our services and how to obtain the most from using our website

We process this information on the basis there is a contract between us, or that you have requested we use the information before we enter into a legal contract. We shall continue to process this information until the contract between us ends or is terminated by either party under the terms of the contract. If you would like us to destroy information we hold about you, please let us know by contacting us on the contact information provided on our website. However, please note that if you use any of our services which require you to provide personal information, deleting our records may mean that you will need to resubmit it to continue using such services.

Disclosure of information

The Points Party LLC may disclose potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on the Points Party LLC’s behalf or to provide services available on our website, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country, province, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. By using our website, you consent to the transfer of such information to them.

We may also disclose potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information with Service Providers on the website you have shown interest in or otherwise interacted with through the website.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, The Points Party LLC will not rent or sell potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors, users and affiliated organizations, The Points Party LLC may disclose potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental requests, during a business transfer/Merger, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of The Points Party LLC, third parties or the public at large.

If you are a registered/subscribed user and have supplied your email address, we may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, newsletter, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with The Points Party LLC and our services. We shall keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. The Points Party LLC takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information.

Information we process with your consent

Through certain actions when otherwise there is no contractual relationship between us, such as when you browse our website or ask us to provide you more information about our business, including our services, you provide your consent to us to process information that may be personal. Wherever possible, we aim to obtain your explicit consent to process this information, for example, by asking you to agree to our use of cookies. If you have given us explicit permission to do so, we may from time to time pass your name and contact information to selected associates whom we consider may provide services or products you would find useful. We continue to process your information on this basis until you withdraw your consent, or it can be reasonably assumed that your consent no longer exists. You may withdraw your consent at any time by instructing us on our webpage. However, if you do so, you may not be able to use our website or our services further.

Advertisement

We collect data about your activities that does not personally or directly identify you when you visit our website, the website of entities for which we serve advertisements (our “Advertisers”), or the websites and online services where we display advertisements (“Publishers”).

This information may include the content you view, the date and time that you view this content, the products you purchase, or your location information associated with your IP address. We use the information we collect to serve you more relevant advertisements (referred to as “Retargeting”). We collect information about where you saw the ads, we serve you and what ads you clicked on.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Points Party LLC will retain Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. The Points Party LLC will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer period.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, The Points Party LLC may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at its sole discretion. We encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Opt-Out

We offer you choices when we ask for personal information, whenever reasonably possible. The Points Party LLC provides you with the opportunity to ‘opt-out’ of having your personally identifiable information used for certain purposes. You may decline to provide personal information to us, although some of our features or services may not function properly as a result.

If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional communications, you may opt-out of this by contacting us on the contact information provided on our website. By providing information to The Points Party LLC, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of such personal information in the manner described in this privacy policy.

Disclaimer

You agree that the transmission of data via The Points Party LLC site is subject to human error, machine errors, omissions, delays, and losses (including but not limited to viruses or inadvertent loss of data or damage to media) that may give rise to the loss or damage. We will not be liable for any such errors, omissions, delays, or losses unless caused by our willful misconduct.

When you access data (e.g., a guide, comment, article or attachments to a guide or comment) on our site, a copy of that data may be copied to your computer (“cached”). Once pages and/or data have been cached on your computer, that data is beyond our control and may be accessible to anyone with access to your computer. You assume all liability associated with any data cached on your local computer. We advise that you empty your web browser cache when you log out of the site.

The Site should only be used as a resource for accessing information, not a resource for information storage. You should implement security measures, to a level of good industry practice, to limit the impact of data loss (such as corruption or virus infection).

Breach of “Privacy”

Users have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against us if we fail to adhere to the privacy laws. Privacy laws under this agreement shall include reasonable privacy laws acceptable and used in commercial businesses. These laws require not only those users have enforceable rights against us, but also that users have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by The Points Party LLC.

Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Google Analytics and Google AdSense

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on our servers. Google will use this information for evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Further information about Google’s privacy policy may be obtained from http://www.google.com/privacy.html. You may opt-out of Google Analytics by visiting the Google Analytics Opt-out Page.

We also use Google AdSense Advertising on our website. Google AdSense is an advertisement initiative by Google for website owners. A website owner can register with Google AdSense and once an advert is placed by Google, the website owner gets paid per click and interest (the products on the advert change over time as most adverts are for partners of Google or Google itself).

Links to External Sites

Our Service and website may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and the terms and conditions of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites, products or services.


 

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the date of this Privacy Policy and posting it on the Service. If required by law we will also provide notification of changes in another way that we believe is reasonably likely to reach you, such as via email or another manner through the Service.  Any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon our posting the modified version (or as otherwise indicated at the time of posting). In all cases, your use of the Service after the effective date of any modified Privacy Policy indicates your acceptance of the modified Privacy Policy.


 

How to contact us

If you have any questions about our company’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us on our contact details provided on our website.